Chapter 144: The Battle of Wujing City

"Zuo Kyosuke, it won't take a few days if it goes on like this, and I'm going to become the ghost of the Hojo Army!" Takano Tokimori walked into the Honmaru of Goi Castle dirty, and yelled at Satomi Sakyosuke, who was still in a daze.

"So what's the solution? Not far away, the city of Tsurumaki is also difficult to protect itself. Once more than 3,000 Uesugi troops in the castle came to help, Tsurumaki Castle would be quickly captured by the Hojo Army, and Goi Castle would be besieged! Satomi Sakyosuke feels that no matter what the method is now, it is a change of soup and not a change of medicine, and there is only one way to really break the siege - surrender.

"It's better than waiting for me to be wiped out in the city! As long as there is a Okamoto naval force to assist us in our retreat, there will be a day when the Satomi family will be revived! "Takano Tokimori felt that he could only go to Musashi to defect to the court, as long as he could use external forces, he could make the Satomi family regain his power in the Upper Chamber.

"If that town palace wants to save me, I'll be here sooner! The total number of Uesugi troops under the three temperances of Saito Michijo has reached nearly 9,000, and the Hojo Army plus the vassal Kamisugi generals is only 8,000. "Satomi Sakyosuke saw that the Uesugi family didn't really want to rescue the Satomi family.

"Isn't that your overall control of the family? If the important ministers had been reconciled and pacified, the samurai in various parts of the country would not have had such a situation as it is now! Takano Tokimori took off his three-day moon helmet and threw it to his own samurai.

"The old man protected the Meiwang Pill Hall after the death of Yiyao Gong and Yihong Gong, and the subsequent old man also did his best, isn't it enough to serve as the descendant of the Meiwang Pill Palace?" Satomi Sakyosuke still doesn't forget his 'credit'.

"Sakyo Kyosuke, you are a meritorious person, but don't forget, many lords raised troops and responded to the Hojo Army to enter the Upper Command because they were dissatisfied with you!" Takano glanced at Satomi, who was still sitting quietly at the door of the big wide room.

"According to what you say, as long as the old man leads his troops to fight the Hojo army to the death, those people who are vassals of the Hojo family will be scattered?" Satomi Sakyosuke couldn't think of anything he could do to salvage the current situation.

"Not necessarily, let's take it one step at a time." Takano Tokimori then left Honmaru with two samurai under his command. He didn't plan to live and die with Wujing Castle, he needed to find a boat to leave here and take refuge in Tsurumaki Castle. Most of the troops under Takano Tomomori were killed or wounded while defending the city, and only ten samurai were left to fight.

Fortunately, under the command of Michizo Saito, the lords of the Hojo side, such as Takeda Yoshibo, Shiizaki Katsunobu, Kiuchi Yinken, Osuka Masaki, Ino Keishanobu, Kushita Owari, and Kawadani Tadasa, were successively taken, so that Hojo Naodita and Daido Temple Masashi had to suspend the onslaught on Goi Castle. This also gave the Satomi army trapped in the city a respite.

Within two days of the Hojo Army stopping the siege, Namba Tian Hiroyoshi led his 2,200 troops to Goi Castle quickly. However, during the march, Nambada Hiroyoshi ordered all his subordinates to discard all their belongings, leaving only enough dry food and weapons to carry during the march.

On the other hand, Hideharu Kano watched the siege in the direction of Goi Castle every day in Tsurumaki Castle, and although it could not be said to be clear, it could be seen in general.

In the early morning of May 9, Namba Hiroyoshi rushed to the northeastern plain of Gojing Castle. And Hideji Kano had also met with an envoy sent by Nambada Hiroyoshi the day before, and the two sides agreed to attack the Hojo Army at the same time.

On this day, for some reason, fog fell outside Gojing Castle, and it was getting thicker and thicker. The Hojo Army, which was encamped south of Gojing Castle, relaxed their guard. This fog seemed to the Uesugi army as if they had received help from heaven. Hideji Kano also quickly set out his 3,200 troops from the city, but he asked everyone not to speak too loudly.

In this way, half an hour later, Hideji Kano and Hiroyoshi Nambada approached the main camp of the Hojo Army from the south and west, respectively.

"It's the sound of a great march of men! Send a horse to investigate! Hojo's chest tightened instantly.

While Hojo was still worried, the sky was getting brighter and brighter, and after the morning breeze blew, the fog cleared a lot. At the same time as the fog cleared, Hojo Naotei and Daido Temple Masashi and others stared intently ahead.

The fog gradually cleared, and the Hojo generals were presented with men and horses rendered like ink, and there were many of them.

"Anfang guards the temple, let's evacuate this place as soon as possible······" Mamoru Kato Igamori, who was on the side, began to panic, and he began to suggest that Hojo Naosada withdraw his troops.

"Report! There are also enemy troops in the rear of this formation! The banner is the bamboo finch pattern, and it is the Uesugi Army! At this time, a scout horse hurried to the front of Hojo Naota.

"Break out on your own!" Hojo Naotari trembled and said the order to break out, he knew that as long as Hakubei of Kasahara Yasukatsu's department was not here, he would not have the capital to fight the Uesugi army head-on and win

, looking at the situation, you know that the Uesugi army will definitely not be less than five thousand.

The forces of the Upper Shogunku were the first to scatter and flee, but neither Hideharu Kano nor Hiroyoshi Nambada paid any attention to them. The army of these people was pursued by more than 900 people of Ichikawa Gentosai.

The offensive of the Uesugi army was extremely fierce, and the Hojo army was also resisting stubbornly, and the two sides advanced and retreated, fighting in a tug-of-war.

Soon, Nambada Hiroyoshi was the first to defeat the Morioka Tsuneri tribe of the people of the Upper Sho Province who had broken through to the northeast of the Hojo Army's main camp and took them over. After he killed Morioka Tsunejo's troops, he led his troops straight into the camp of the Hojo Army.

Because the Namba Hiroyoshi Division discarded all the flag seals and flag fingers, none of the samurai of the Hojo Army could identify which of the Uesugi Army commanders. On the contrary, Hideji Kano, who came from behind, was recognized by the Hojo Army.

"Kano Shinsuke's department has already taken Date Fangyi and Kurokawa Kai Mamoru for the two, and our army has been surrounded!" Dadao Temple Zhengfan was very anxious and paced back and forth in the formation.

"The matter has come to this, and we can only try our best to kill and injure the soldiers of the Uesugi Army, and there is no other way." Naodari Hojo has seen through it all. He was unable to save the more than 6,000 Hojo Army and the servant army of nearly 2,000 Admiral Generals, and now he could not recover his disadvantage.

"Suruga Moriden! Sekibebejo, Saito Matajiro, Oi Fujizaemon, Kikuchi Gozaemon, Okazaki Shuryo and others have already led their samurai to assault the enemy, and now it's too late to evacuate! Yasuya Yamamura staggered in.

"Why withdraw? Most of our troops can't evacuate, so as the general and the head of the Fang Zong side, I can't leave them and run away alone. "Hojo Naoji is determined to stay. He knew that even if he left alive, the Hojo clan would not let him live long. After all, the last main force of the Hojo family, 7,000 troops, came to the general headquarters, except for the Hasahara Yasukatsu Division, Bai Bei was stationed in Kururi Castle, and the rest were all outside Goi Castle!

"Suruga Shouden, I wish you a long time in martial arts!" After the Dadao Temple Zhengfan finished speaking, he and the Yasuya family of Yamamura left the camp without looking back. And Hojo Naoji watched the two of them gradually move away, and pulled out his ribs······

In just one hour, nearly 8,000 Hojo troops were completely dispersed under the attack of Hideji Kano and Hiroyoshi Nambada. The general of the Hojo Army, Naoji Naoji in the main camp, and the famous samurai of the Hojo Army and the generals of the Kamiko, such as Hitobu Cheng, Saito Matajiro, Oi Fujizaemon, Kikuchi Gozaemon, Okazaki Shuryo, Date Boyoshi, Kurokawa Kai Mamoru and Morioka Tsuneri were successively squired. Hojo Fang successfully escaped only a few people, such as Daido Temple Masashi, Yamamura Yasuya, and Satomi Yoshiyori.

The Hojo family's last foreign war failed in this way, and the Hojo clan's Imperial Horse Warriors were also devastated in this joint battle.

After this battle, more than 1,000 people, including the miscellaneous soldiers, standing guards, and samurai of the Hojo Army, and more than 600 people, including miscellaneous soldiers and samurai, of the Kamizo Hao clan, were captured. A total of more than 2,000 enemy soldiers were captured. The Uesugi army suffered only more than 200 casualties.

After the convergence of the two generals, Hideharu Kano and Hiroyoshi Nambata, did not wipe out the defeated forces of the Hojo Army, and began to clean up the battlefield and send people to comfort the people of Kururi Rizumi, who had previously defended the castle with great difficulty.

After nightfall, Yasukatsu Kasahara, who was in Kururi Castle, learned of the defeat outside Goi Castle. Although Yasukatsu Kasahara was surprised, he was not embarrassed. He estimated that the Uesugi army and the Kururi Rimi army would catch up here at the earliest, but Kasahara Keinaka, a member of the same clan, advocated an immediate retreat, but was vetoed by Kasahara Yasukatsu.

"First, we must contain the defeated soldiers of our army, if Bai Bei evacuates at this moment, then the defeated soldiers of our army will have no way to escape, and the end will be very miserable. Second, if you are in a hurry to retreat at this moment, then the soldiers will inevitably be timid, and once the enemy pursues them, they will soon be trampled and scattered, and they will not be able to confront the enemy at all. If we are serious, even if the enemy pursues us, our army can still fight, and this is the safest way to retreat. After Kasahara finished speaking, he sent a lot of scouts to investigate the situation.

Sure enough, in the middle of the night, the defeated troops of the Hojo army fled like a tide, and Kasahara Yasukatsu placed them in Kururi Castle and several surrounding branch castles (Oto Castle, Senbon Castle, Mishimakan, Kuramakan, and Takiyama Castle) to rest.